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无私

wú sī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 無私

无私 (wú sī) means "selfless; unselfish; disinterested". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 无私 means

1. selfless
2. unselfish
3. disinterested
4. altruistic

The characters in 无私

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish

Example sentences

• 我对她的大公无私怀有敬意。
  Wǒ duì tā de dàgōngwúsī huáiyǒu jìngyì.
  I respect her selflessness.
• 我是个很自私的人，但是遇到你之后变得特别地无私。
  I am a selfish person, but I became very selfless after meeting you.
• 他总在别人面前装出大公无私的样子，但依我看，他只不过是个没有主见的家伙。
  Tā zǒng zài biéren miànqián zhuāngchū dàgōngwúsī de yàngzi, dàn yīwǒkàn, tā zhǐbuguò shì gè méiyǒu zhǔjiàn de jiāhuo.
  He puts on a show of being impartial and unbiased, but I think he's just a guy with no opinion of his own.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃参议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃参议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  Jīnwǎn shāozǎo, wǒ jiēdào mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán dǎ lái, tàidu fēicháng kěnqiè de diànhuà. mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán yǐ dǎ wán yī chǎng màncháng jiānkǔ de xuǎnzhàn. tā wèi zhège tā suǒ rè'ài de guójiā suǒ dǎdī zhàng gèng jiǔ, gèng jiānkǔ. tā wèi Měiguó de fèngxiàn xīshēng, shì wǒmen duōshù tóngbāo nányǐ xiǎngxiàng de. yīnwèi yǒu tā zhèwèi yǒnggǎn wúsī de lǐngxiù de fèngxiàn, wǒmen cáinéng guo bǐjiào hǎo de rìzi.
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃叁议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃叁议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

Words containing 无私

• 大公无私dà gōng wú sīselfless; impartial
• 铁面无私tiě miàn wú sīstrictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

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